Mixed feelings
Women, Jews, and business around 1900
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11992526 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eirinn Larsen (Larsen & Toubro (India), corresponding author), Vibeke Kieding Banik (0000-0002-9731-6380, North-West State Technical University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 350-368 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Journal of History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0346-8755 • E-ISSN: 1502-7716 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03468755.2016.1179826 |
| OpenAlex | W2394966468 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
At the turn of the 20th century, women in Norway possessed all the necessary rights to engage in business. An important reason for this legal development was the principle that unmarried women should be able to provide for themselves and avoid being an economic burden on their families or the authorities. The result was that in the first decades of the 20th century, many women were engaged in business and small-scale trade in Oslo, the Norwegian capital. However, social acceptance of these businesswomen did not follow automatically. With a departure point in theories of emotion, we demonstrate that businesswomen evoked mixed feelings in the public, as well as amongst the female proprietors themselves. By analysing the naming of their businesses, the rhetoric in the female trade society, and magazines, as well as their chosen areas of trade, we observe that while emotions such as shame guided their behaviour, material needs and the joy of work tended to even out these feelings. As Oslo was an immigrant city at the time, we have included a comparison with female members of the Jewish community, an important part of the entrepreneurialism of the times
Capital (architecture · Feeling · Immigration · Judaism · Norwegian · Political science · Rhetoric · Shame · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · History of Emotions Research · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |